Police and footpath pedestrians had to dodge the vehicle to avoid getting run over.

Now 24-year-old asked for home detention for the highly unusual manslaughter case.

The man has pleaded not guilty, by reason of insanity.

'Accountability matters,' one of his victims said as she confronted him after 30 years.

The victim was later stripped down to his underwear and beaten.

He wanted to start over, but first the long-time conman needed a fake passport.

He damaged a police car, an Audi and used a convertible as a battering ram.

Lorenzo Tangira pleaded guilty to murder today. It was set to be the start of his trial.

He had earlier been locked up for outrageously dangerous driving. It was caught on video.

They were paid to target a woman embroiled in an alleged international pyramid scheme.

Donovan Duff was already serving a life sentence. He was handed another one today.

Tensions erupted in the courtroom in April when the shooter pleaded guilty.

Customs has accused the pair of attempting to smuggle almost 500,000 cigarettes into NZ.

Judge dismissed businessman's claim that he'd never heard of NZ's drug trade.

Police caught pair red-handed after they were flown to Auckland for a cocaine burglary.

Doctors compiled a two-page list of injuries on the baby, who was covered in bruises.

The accused, deemed unfit for trial, left a bloody knife engraved with his nickname.

A 61-year-old was later found unresponsive at the bus stop.

He was once known as the longest-serving remand prisoner in New Zealand history.

He was given mercy after a coordinated prison attack left him with possible brain damage.

His eighth confirmed victim stared him down in court this week. Others may be waiting.

He groped three girls, aged 5 to 8, on separate occasions.

The son got a discharge without conviction but perverting justice led to jail for his dad.

He was a literal poster boy for ASB but also corrupted colleagues, collected P shipments.

A rough sleeper killed a man after waking up agitated at a South Auckland bus stop.

A senior orthopaedic nurse and his wife were killed in November 2023.

'Your life was a lie,' the judge said, but he declined an indefinite sentence.

A prospect and three patched members were investigated, including the national president.

He arrived to find the victim naked and bound, then he joined in.

He has since sobered up and re-evaluated his life choices, his lawyer says.

There was a fragile truce after weeks of gang warfare. The violence almost re-ignited.

His name cannot be published but his face is all over the internet.

He insists it's all a conspiracy, leaving no hope for rehabilitation, the Crown says.

It was a messy break-up for the high-ranking patched member. His family paid the price.

The woman, who had been out of prison less than a month, victimised an Afghan refugee.

Corrupt company directors Sean Bryan and Mark Lester are headed to prison.

'Something's not right up here', he admitted when police asked why he abused two victims.

She predicted to a friend she would burn the place down, then she followed through.

An ex-police officer threatened to dig up the victim's deceased mum.

Now he's appealed, saying prison was manifestly excessive for the crime.

'I know what this is about', Taiawa Harawira said when police came to arrest him.

New Zealand needs to send a message that it's not an easy target, the judge said.

Not guilty pleas were entered through lawyers.

Dimetrius Pairama, 17, was tortured for hours before she was forced to hang herself.

Kelly-Anne Burns never returned after being granted short-term bail to attend a funeral.

Name suppression for Hao Feng lapsed after four months of court-ordered anonymity.

On the first day of his scheduled trial last week, Shu Poon admitted killing the couple.

He convinced the teen to recruit her friends. Until now, his identity was hidden.

A man slapped a woman's bottom in a nightclub... her boyfriend got cruel revenge.

The toxic relationship ended with the defendant and his now ex both needing surgery.

He asked the judge to keep his identity secret permanently, hoping to return to his job.

Her lawyer said the victim's gender made the crime less serious. The judge disagreed.

He was also accused of plotting to kill his former landlord.

Joseph Kwok was stabbed to death after his address was released by the Justice Ministry.

Stone spent 25 years in prison following the 'Gone Fishing' cold case trial in Auckland.

The maple syrup shipment contained enough methamphetamine to supply all of NZ for a year.

Reaching out to loan sharks over WeChat turned out to be a bad idea. She is now in jail.

One attacker was already serving time for the robbery and killing of a cancer patient.

He later repeatedly rammed a police vehicle with the car he had stolen.

He owned a company worth seven figures by day. By night, he caused over $1m in damage.

Nofo Lameko skipped his sentencing in December to go on tour.

He sought compassionate bail, claiming his godmother had died – she didn't exist.

Visiting hours included a cuddle, a hug and multiple pills stuffed down an inmate's shirt.

The officer, a part-time driving instructor, said he mixed up the brake and accelerator.

CCTV clearly shows anger and reckless bravado, the judge said at the shooter's sentencing.

A third jury will have to decide after the defendants' latest trial ended in a deadlock.

It's taken nine years, but Australian police are one step closer to catching up with him.

A stranger had taken Sergio Williams into his home. He overstayed his welcome.

Migrants weren't told they were working illegally until after they arrived from Samoa.

The reluctant NZ resident wants to make up for the fraud – with volunteer work, not cash.

Neurodiversity paired with lack of boundaries was partly blamed for ramming a police car.

An Auckland judge took a rare step this week by ordering a sentence with no end date.